Long-term outcome of conservative treatment in patients with diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 649-654

  Mueller, M H ^a   Glatzle, J ^b   Kasparek, M S ^b   Becker, H D ^b   Jehle, E C ^b   Zittel, T T ^b   Kreis, Martin E ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Follow up; Recurrence; Sigmoid colon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19544390898     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200506000-00009     Document Type: Article

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